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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Vibrato
Stretto
Key signature
Chorus
2. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Measure
Harmony
Octave
Tonic
3. Pertains to tone or tones.
Canon
Forte
Dissonance
Tonal
4. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Glee
Overture
Sextet
5. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Medley
Falsetto
Expressionism
Classical
6. A short or brief sonata.
Sonatina
Legato
Symphony
Tune
7. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Soprano
Duet
Quartet
8. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Sharp
Elegy
Neoclassical
Intonation
9. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Tone less
Minor
Triple time
Waltz
10. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Cantata
Drone
Accelerando
Form
11. A group singing in unison.
Chorus
Refrain
Rhythm
Motif
12. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Portamento
Unison
Orchestration
13. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Grandioso
Renaissance
Mezzo
Natural
14. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Tuning
March
Triple time
Recitative
15. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Monotone
Interpretation
Fifth
16. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Suite
Whole-tone scale
Sharp
Choir
17. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Measure
Cadenza
Musicology
Triad
18. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Natural
Refrain
Da Capo
Waltz
19. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Contralto
Staccato
Scale
Grazioso
20. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Etude
Flat
Impromptu
Serenade
21. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Serenade
Energico
Requiem
Key
22. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Ligature
Theme
Cavatina
Verismo
23. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Finale
Orchestra
Grave
Serenade
24. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Dissonance
Symphony
Hymn
Choir
25. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Etude
Staccato
Ensemble
Tritone
26. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Recital
Courante
Tonality
Theme
27. Repetition of a single tone.
Presto
Monotone
Chord progression
Ligature
28. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Partial
Modulation
Cantata
Opus
29. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Movement
Ligature
Quadrille
Beat
30. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Atonal
Motif
Minor
Maestro
31. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Vivace
Quadrille
Piano
Glee
32. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Pitch
Sequence
Carol
Consonance
33. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Concert master
Time Signature
Reprise
Root
34. A separate section of a larger composition.
Register
Renaissance
Movement
Mezzo
35. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Chamber music
Reed
Cadenza
Symphony
36. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Natural
Orchestration
Vibrato
Concerto
37. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Chord
Operetta
Cantata
Scherzo
38. The principal note of a triad.
Pitch
Piano
Root
Portamento
39. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Refrain
Instrumentation
Operetta
Energico
40. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Tone less
Impromptu
Da Capo
Leading note
41. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Consonance
Polyphony
Interpretation
Unison
42. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Pizzicato
Polyphony
Renaissance
Slur
43. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Sequence
Quintet
Expressionism
44. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Triple time
Concerto
Tonality
Slide
45. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Glissando
Cantata
Musicology
46. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Vivace
Legato
Rondo
Clavier
47. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Gavotte
Minor
Round
48. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Cantabile
Whole-tone scale
Falsetto
Finale
49. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Tonal
Oratorio
Romantic
Relative pitch
50. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Waltz
Slide
Opera
Interval
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